RENSSELAER COUNTY >> While Republican Joel Abelove won the race for district attorney by a 339-vote lead Tuesday with 45,553 ballots cast county-wide, about 2,000 absentee and affadavit ballots will be counted beginning Friday to determine the final result of the race.

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell swept to a sixth term, and the GOP bid for control of the Senate and a tighter grip on the House Tuesday in elections shaped by widespread voter discontent with President Barack Obama.

Associated Press With the U.S. Senate at stake, millions of voters went to the polls Tuesday with a mix of concern about the nation's future, skepticism about gridlock in Washington, and, for some, a little enthusiasm about the day.

Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Many Vermont towns expected to have trouble getting half their registered voters to the polls in Tuesday's elections, but local races generated more interest in some communities.

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Confident Republicans steered toward a hefty House majority in Tuesday's elections, capitalizing on dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama and the nation's pervasive malaise to push their numbers toward the highest levels in 65 years.

State Senate candidate Madelyn Thorne says her opponent, Sen. Hugh Farley, has misled the public with his statements on the Women’s Equality Act at three League of Women Voters’ Meet the Candidates forums.

Voters will have a wealth of positions to fill on Election Day Tuesday, including governor, federal and state legislators and judges, but in Saratoga County only the residents of Halfmoon will be electing candidates to town office.

ALBANY >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a blistering attack on Rob Astorino and Republicans Monday, accusing them of spreading “hate and venom” and trying to divide New York along racial and sexual lines.

ALBANY >> The battle for control of the state Senate is being fought across New York, including in the Hudson Valley where the marquee race is a rematch between Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk and former Assemblyman George Amedore.

CAPITAL REGION >> Candidates from all sides of the political spectrum spent their Saturday drumming up last minute votes across the Capital Region. In Saratoga Springs, Democrats vying for seats on Tuesday began their last-minute door-to-door campaign rally starting at 113th Assembly candidate Carrie Woerner’s Beekman Street headquarters.

ALBANY >> Voters supporting Gov. Andrew Cuomo are being asked to pick sides next week in a Democratic Party brawl that pits the union-backed Working Families Party against Cuomo’s new Women’s Equality Party.

ALBANY >> Beside the marquee race of Cuomo vs. Astorino vs. Hawkins, voters next month will have a opportunity to cast ballots on redistricting, having the Legislature go paperless, and borrowing $2 billion for schools.

ALBANY >> A video of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his running mate ignoring Zephyr Teachout’s attempt to shake hands at a New York City parade went viral over the weekend, prompting GOP opponent Rob Astorino to issue a “bullying alert.

ALBANY >> After New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo refused to debate his Democratic primary opponent, Zephyr Teachout did the next best thing: engaged the Republican nominee in the governor’s race in an odd but amiable debate Thursday in which they disagreed on everything, except their shared dislike for Cuomo.